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A pet cat is back home with his delighted family in Market Harborough after going missing for ten days following a car crash. Tiggs escaped from his carrier and fled into the open countryside near Great Glen, while en-route to the vets. Members of the Varnam family had been searching the area daily with the […]

Three people who died in a house fire in Rushton have been named. Four-year-old Mayci Fox and her mother Emma Conn, 30, both from Desborough, and Louie Thorn, 23, from Rushton, all tragically died in the major blaze on Friday night. It broke out at the former station house in Beswick Close at around 10.30pm […]

A man arrested after three people died in a house fire in Rushton has been released with no further action. The 54-year-old from Kettering had been held on suspicion of murder after a four-year-old girl, a 30-year-old woman and a 23-year-old man tragically died at the property in Beswick Close on Friday night. Police, fire […]

A man arrested after three people died in a house fire in Rushton has been released with no further action. The 54-year-old from Kettering had been held on suspicion of murder after a four-year-old girl, a 30-year-old woman and a 23-year-old man tragically died at the property in Beswick Close on Friday night. Police, fire […]

Three people have died following a house fire in the village of Rushton, near Desborough. Police, fire and ambulance services were called to reports of a large blaze at the property in Beswick Close at around 10.30pm yesterday. Despite the best efforts of the emergency services, three people were later sadly confirmed to have died. […]

Police were called after a car overturned following a crash in Rothwell. It happened on Trinity Road during the early hours of today and no-one was injured. A spokesperson for Northamptonshire Police told HFM: “We received a report that a car was on its roof following a road traffic collision shortly before 3.30am today (Friday, […]

Market Harborough Building Society is celebrating strong financial results. It achieved a profit before tax of £3.4m last year, despite facing increased competition in their key areas of lending and savings. Savings balances also grew by £152m, which is a new record. Iain Kirkpatrick, Chief Executive of MHBS said: “A huge thanks to my colleagues […]

Desborough Library and Community Hub is celebrating its 5th Birthday. A dedicated team of volunteers run the venue after stepping forward to buy the building when it was threatened with closure under council cost-cutting. Hundreds of people use the library each week including numerous groups and a host of community activities are held there. Gil […]

Leicestershire’s Chief Constable retires today after a 32-year policing career that began in Market Harborough. Rob Nixon started as a rookie bobby in the town in 1993 before rising up through the ranks. He says policing has been one of the most rewarding careers he have could ever have imagined and leading the force since […]

Three men from Market Harborough arrested after a crash in Lutterworth have been released on police bail. All were taken into custody after the collision on Rugby Road on Wednesday evening, which happened while the driver of a VW Golf was being pursued by police. The car collided with other vehicles, leaving a 40-year-old man […]